Latest Mississippi Headlines
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Mississippi Coast Property Owners Told to Buy Flood Insurance Now to Save
Aug 20 2013 // With the eighth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina near, homeowners along the Mississippi Coast also have to brace for possible rate increases of 20 percent for flood insurance and 3.2 percent for wind pool insurance. The...
Fire Deaths in Mississippi Decrease
Aug 15 2013 // Mississippi is on pace once again to have the lowest number of fire deaths on record. State Chief Deputy Fire Marshal Ricky Davis told The Clarion-Ledger 62 people died in fires last year, with 37 of those deaths occurring...
Judge Dismisses Kmart Flood Damage Claim Against Mississippi City
Aug 12 2013 // A federal judge Friday dismissed Kmart’s claims against the city of Corinth over flood damage to one of the chain’s stores in 2010. U.S. District Judge Glen H. Davidson ruled that the city is entitled to...
Mississippi Wind Pool Rates to Rise
Aug 9 2013 // Insurance rates for the state wind pool are set to increase Dec. 1 on renewals and new policies. The Sun Herald reported that a Mississippi Insurance Department filing shows owners of homes and mobile homes will see hikes...
Miss. Kicks Off New Fire Safety Program, Distributes Free Smoke Alarms
Aug 7 2013 // Mississippi’s insurance commissioner and fire marshal Mike Chaney kicked off a new statewide fire safety program called “Operation: SAM (Smoke Alarms Mississippi).” Last week, the program distributed free...
Mississippi County to Get $10M From FEMA for Isaac Recovery Effort
Aug 6 2013 // Jackson County in Mississippi is getting a multimillion-dollar boost from the federal government to help erase the effects of Hurricane Isaac last year. The Sun Herald reports that the county will receive $10 million from...
Mississippi High Court Upholds Fire Protection Fee
Aug 5 2013 // The Mississippi Supreme Court has upheld a ruling that the Diamondhead Fire Protection District can charge a fee for its services to local property owners. Hancock County Circuit Judge Roger Clark ruled last year that the...
Mississippi Student Accused of Shooting Roommate Sues University
Jul 30 2013 // A former student accused of shooting his roommate in an off-campus apartment has sued the University of Southern Mississippi, alleging that it violated his rights by expelling him and tampering with his files. According to...
Mississippi School Districts Shocked By Property Insurance Hikes; Cat Losses Cited
Jul 30 2013 // Property insurance premiums have skyrocketed for Pine Belt school districts. Some have had problems just finding a company to insure them. Lamar County School District Superintendent Ben Burnett told the Hattiesburg...
Federal Judge Criticizes But Upholds Mississippi Damages Cap
Jul 22 2013 // A federal judge has upheld Mississippi’s cap of $500,000 on non-economic damages in medical malpractice cases. The ruling came in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of a woman and her unborn baby who died...
Mississippi Blue Cross Could End Contracts with 2 Hospital Systems
Jul 18 2013 // Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi has told the state’s second-largest hospital owner that it will end its contract with the company’s 10 Mississippi hospitals at the end of August. The insurer sent...
Report Looks at Mississippi Meat Plants’ Food Safety
Jul 16 2013 // More than two dozen Mississippi slaughterhouses and poultry meat processing plants have violated sanitation or food safety guidelines over the past decade — and most did both, The Jackson Clarion-Ledger reported. The...
Mississippi Football Player’s Family Settles Wrongful Death Claim with School, NCAA
Jul 11 2013 // The family of a Mississippi football player who died following a workout in 2010 has reached a settlement in a wrongful death lawsuit against the university and the NCAA. Bennie Abram III, a 20-year-old non-scholarship...
Mississippi City’s Pitbull Ban Faces Court Challenge
Jul 8 2013 // A pet owner has filed a federal lawsuit challenging a central Mississippi city’s ban on pit bull dogs. The city of Richland, a Jackson suburb of about 7,000 residents, passed an ordinance in April 2006 that bans...
Mississippi Online System Aims to Catch Uninsured Drivers
Jul 8 2013 // A contractor projects that a system to instantly verify whether Mississippians have auto insurance would lead to fines of more than $150 million a year being collected over the program’s first three years The...
Many in Mississippi ‘Out of Luck’ as Health Insurers Shun Exchange
Jun 25 2013 // People in 36 of Mississippi’s 82 counties may not be able to buy health insurance through the new federal online marketplace when it starts enrolling customers in October. Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney said two...
Federal Judge Criticizes But Upholds Mississippi Damages Cap
Jun 24 2013 // A federal judge has upheld Mississippi’s cap of $500,000 on non-economic damages in medical malpractice cases. The ruling came in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of a woman and her unborn baby who died...
Mississippi Man Sentenced for Insurance Fraud, Ordered to Repay Nationwide
Jun 18 2013 // A 35-year-old D’Iberville, Mississippi, man has been sentenced to prison and ordered to repay over $6,000 to Nationwide Insurance Co. for defrauding the company on medical bills involving claims on two auto...
Small Health Insurers Assuming Big Role In Many States Under Obamacare
Jun 14 2013 // When the state of Mississippi begins offering subsidized health insurance under President Barack Obama’s reform law this year, residents will have only one choice – Magnolia Health Plan – a small insurer...
Small Towns in Missouri Prepare as Flood Moves South
Jun 5 2013 // Volunteers were busy stacking sandbags in the tiny Missouri town of Dutchtown on June 3 as the rain-swollen Mississippi River threatened to send water into about a third of the town’s homes and make another nearby...
